The concept is of similarity of islamists to anarchists in modern terrorology

In this article the author considers the concept, which has recently appeared inmodern terrorology. A number of authors prove that modern Islamist terrorists are similar to anarchists. Professor Gelvins articlesituates al-Qaeda and similar jihad movements within the category of anarchism. They have long been associated with bombs andoutrage and acts of violence that it causes desire to draw parallels between the anarchists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries andcontemporary terrorists. The leaders and adherents of al-Qaeda prefer action without ideology. Their struggle against the model ofwestern government, their lack of programmatic goals, their pursuit of violence for its own sake, their use of highly decentralizedstructure, semi-autonomous cells - all these factors align al-Qaeda with the type of movement that historically had nothing to do withIslam: anarchism. Like other anarchist movements, al-Qaeda is reactive. It focuses its activity solely on resisting. Al-Qaeda considersactions of West an intrusion of the alien order, which is against preserving the culture and lifestyle of their homeland, so its membersbelieve to be in the condition of struggle. And unlike other movements al-Qaeda does not cog within the international state andeconomic systems. Rather, it wars with the Western system. Other researchers cautiously consider such a point of view. They criticizesome positions, address to historical facts. Orthodox Islam considers government to be the basic component of the social organization,which has been a gift to the humankind. It does not abide anarchy. The extremists and great majority of Muslim scholars may be deemedto agree on the necessity of government for the Muslim community. There are insignificant disagreements on a number of opinion suchas whether Islam prescribes the legitimate institutions of government, whether the primary function of Islamic government is to upholdand enforce the Sharia or Islamic law, and whether the officials of Islamic government must have specific moral, intellectual, orunusual qualifications. The task of the author of the article was the analysis and criticism of weaknesses of this concept. The authorconsiders that this predictive judgment has been formed prematurely.

Keywords

Authors

References